2 Kings 12
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 12
Reign of Joash. 1 Joash began to reign during the seventh year of the reign of Jehu, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, and she was from Beer-sheba.
2 [a]Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all of his days. Jehoiada, the priest, instructed him. 3 However, he did not eliminate the high places, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 Joash said to the priests, “Gather all of the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord as a sacred offering, the money from the census, the money from personal vows, and all of the money that each man saw fit to bring to the temple of the Lord. 5 Let the priests each take it from their treasurers, and let them use it to repair whatever damage they might find in the temple.”
6 In spite of this, in the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not yet repaired the damage in the temple. 7 King Joash therefore summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and he said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage in the temple? Take no more money from the treasurers; hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
8 The priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people and that they, themselves, would not repair the damage in the temple. 9 Jehoiada took a chest and cut a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the temple of the Lord. The priests who guarded the door placed all of the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord in it. 10 When they saw that there was quite a bit of money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest would come. They would count the money that was found in the temple of the Lord, and they would put it in bags.
11 When the money had been counted, they placed it in the hands of the supervisor of the work being done on the temple of the Lord. With it they paid those who were working on the temple of the Lord: the carpenters and the builders, 12 the masons, and the stonecutters. It was also used to buy wood and hewn stone that were used to repair the damage in the temple of the Lord, and for all of the expenses involved in repairing the temple.
13 However, the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord was not used to make silver basins, nor snuffers, nor sprinkling bowls, nor trumpets, nor any utensils made with gold, nor any utensils made with silver.
14 They gave it to the workmen who used it to repair the temple of the Lord. 15 Moreover, they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hands the money had been deposited for the payment of the workmen, for they acted honestly.[b]
16 The money from guilt offerings and from sin offerings was not brought into the temple of the Lord for it belonged to the priests.[c]
17 Hazael, the king of Aram, went up and fought against Gath. He captured it, and Hazael decided to go up to Jerusalem.
18 Joash, the king of Judah, took all of the sacred things that had been dedicated by Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his ancestors, the kings of Judah, and all of the sacred things that he had dedicated, and all of the gold that was found in the treasury of the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and he sent it to Hazael, the king of Aram, who then departed from Jerusalem.
19 As for the other deeds of Joash, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Joash’s servants plotted against him, and they killed him at Beth-millo, on the road going down to Silla. 21 His servants who killed him were Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer.
He died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Amaziah, his son, reigned in his stead.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 12:2 Joash was a good student and learned well from the faithful high priest Jehoiada. Unfortunately, Joash did not eliminate the practice of making sacrifices only in designated areas. This kept alive pagan customs that led the people away from the true God.
- 2 Kings 12:15 The honesty of these laymen is contrasted with the negligence of the priests whom they are replacing (vv. 7-8).
- 2 Kings 12:16 For a crime, that is, a sin against justice, and for sin generally, expiatory sacrifices were prescribed (Lev 4–5).
2 Kings 12
New King James Version
Jehoash Repairs the Temple(A)
12 In the seventh year of Jehu, (B)Jehoash[a] became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days in which (C)Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But (D)the [b]high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, (E)“All the money of the dedicated gifts that are brought into the house of the Lord—each man’s (F)census[c] money, each man’s (G)assessment money—and all the money that [d]a man (H)purposes in his heart to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the [e]damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.”
6 Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (I)that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple. 7 (J)So King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple.” 8 And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took (K)a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who [f]kept the door put (L)there all the money brought into the house of the Lord. 10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s (M)scribe[g] and the high priest came up and [h]put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they [i]paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to (N)repair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple. 13 However (O)there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord. 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the Lord with it. 15 Moreover (P)they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully. 16 (Q)The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. (R)It belonged to the priests.
Hazael Threatens Jerusalem
17 (S)Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then (T)Hazael set his face to [j]go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah (U)took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.
Death of Joash(V)
19 Now the rest of the acts of [k]Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And (W)his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of [l]the Millo, which goes down to Silla. 21 For [m]Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of [n]Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then (X)Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 12:1 Joash, 2 Kin. 11:2ff.
- 2 Kings 12:3 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 12:4 Lit. the money coming over
- 2 Kings 12:4 any man’s heart prompts him to bring
- 2 Kings 12:5 Lit. breaches
- 2 Kings 12:9 guarded at the door
- 2 Kings 12:10 secretary
- 2 Kings 12:10 tied it up
- 2 Kings 12:11 Lit. weighed
- 2 Kings 12:17 Advance upon
- 2 Kings 12:19 Jehoash, vv. 1–18
- 2 Kings 12:20 Lit. The Landfill
- 2 Kings 12:21 Zabad, 2 Chr. 24:26
- 2 Kings 12:21 Shimrith, 2 Chr. 24:26
列王纪下 12
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
約阿施作猶大王(A)
12 耶戶在位第七年，約阿施登基，在耶路撒冷作王四十年。他母親名叫西比亞，是從別是巴來的。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為12:2） 2 在耶何耶大祭司教導他的日子，他就行耶和華看為正的事。 3 只是邱壇沒有廢去，人民仍在邱壇獻祭焚香。
下令重修聖殿(B)
4 約阿施對眾祭司說：“所有分別為聖，奉到耶和華殿裡的銀子，或是各被數點之人的贖價，或是各種的贖價，或是各人隨著心意，奉到耶和華殿裡的銀子， 5 各祭司可向自己熟悉的人收取。他們要修理殿內毀壞的地方，就是一切發現有毀壞的地方。”
6 可是到了約阿施王在位二十三年的時候，祭司還未修好聖殿毀壞的地方。 7 於是約阿施王召了耶何耶大祭司和眾祭司來，說：“你們為甚麼不修理聖殿毀壞的地方呢？現在不要向你們熟識的人收取銀子，卻要把所收的交出來，修理聖殿毀壞的地方。” 8 眾祭司答應不再從人民收取銀子，也不修理聖殿毀壞的地方。
9 耶何耶大祭司搬來了一個箱子，在它的頂上鑽了一個孔，把它放在祭壇旁邊，在聖殿入口的右邊。守門的祭司把奉到耶和華殿所有的銀子都投進箱裡。 10 他們看見箱內的銀子多起來的時候，就叫王的書記和大祭司上來，他們就數點在耶和華殿裡所得的銀子，裝在袋中。 11 他們把所稱的銀子交在耶和華殿中管理工匠的監工手裡，然後他們支付給在耶和華殿作工的木匠和建築工人， 12 以及泥匠和石匠；又用來購買木材和鑿好的石頭，來修理耶和華殿裡毀壞的地方，以及支付一切修理耶和華殿的開支。 13 但耶和華殿裡的銀杯、燭剪、碗、號或任何金銀器皿，都沒有用奉到耶和華殿裡的銀子來做。 14 他們只把銀子交給工匠，用來修理耶和華殿裡毀壞的地方。 15 他們沒有要求經手把銀子轉付工匠的人交代帳目，因為他們辦事誠實。 16 但是贖愆祭和贖罪祭的銀子，他們沒有奉入耶和華的殿，這些銀子是屬於祭司的。
亞蘭軍攻打猶大(C)
17 那時亞蘭王哈薛上來，攻打迦特，把它奪取了。他又決心上來攻打耶路撒冷。 18 猶大王約阿施於是拿出所有的聖物，就是他的祖先猶大王約沙法、約蘭和亞哈謝所獻的聖物，以及他自己所獻的聖物，還有耶和華殿和王宮寶庫裡所有的金子，送給亞蘭王哈薛，哈薛就離開耶路撒冷去了。
約阿施被殺(D)
19 約阿施其餘的事蹟和他所行的一切，不是都寫在猶大列王的年代誌上嗎？ 20 約阿施的臣僕起來背叛，他們在米羅宮內，他下到悉拉的時候，擊殺了他。 21 他的臣僕示米押的兒子約撒甲和朔默的兒子約薩拔擊殺他，他就死了。人把他埋葬在大衛城，和他的祖先在一起。他的兒子亞瑪謝接續他作王。
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